| Students who aspire to a lifetime of steady | | | | assessments, anatomy, medical terminology, |
| employment in the health care field should look into | | | | physiology, diagnostic procedures, and legal issues |
| medical transcription training. The employment outlook | | | | relating to health care documentation. |
| is excellent, with positions available for medical | | | | After graduation, you may wish to obtain the voluntary |
| transcriptionists in physicians' offices, transcription | | | | designation of Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) |
| service offices, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, medical | | | | by taking a take a national certification exam from The |
| libraries, and government medical facilities. And, with | | | | American Association for Medical Transcription |
| proper training, some graduates may even work from | | | | (AAMT). Although certified medical transcriptionists |
| home. | | | | (CMTs) must be re-certified every three years, the |
| There are numerous trade schools, vocational schools | | | | process can greatly improve employment potential. |
| and colleges in the US and Canada that offer training | | | | For a great career in health care, look into medical |
| in medical transcribing. These courses will often include | | | | transcription training. You could be on your way to a |
| supervised on-the-job training. A medical transcription | | | | new career before you know it! |
| course may take up to two years to complete, | | | | DISCLAIMER: Above is a GENERAL OVERVIEW and |
| depending on whether you have chosen a | | | | may or may not reflect specific practices, courses and |
| professional certificate program or associate degree | | | | or services associated with ANY ONE particular |
| course. | | | | school(s) that is or is not advertised on |
| The duties of the medical transcriptionist are to | | | | Copyright 2007 - All rights reserved by Media Positive |
| transcribe recordings that have been dictated by | | | | Communications, Inc. |
| physicians and other health care professionals. | | | | Notice: Publishers are free to use this article on an |
| Transcriptionists compose various medical reports, | | | | ezine or website, provided the article is reprinted in its |
| correspondence, and other health care documentation. | | | | entirety, including copyright and disclaimer, and ALL links |
| Workers are expected to have good grammar and | | | | remain intact and active. |
| punctuation, and to be proficient with keyboarding and | | | | If you are interested in learning more about medical |
| word processing. They must be familiar with medical | | | | transcription training, you can find out more today. |
| terminology so that they may accurately interpret | | | | Select schools on that appeal to you and submit a |
| medical terms and abbreviations. A typical course will | | | | request for information. |
| cover the subjects of pharmacology, treatment | | | | |